Around the North

The City of Sudbury has negotiated a conditional agreement with CP Rail to purchase land belonging to CP Rail and Via Rail in the city’s downtown.

The province is introducing a new home renovation tax credit aimed at helping seniors stay in their homes longer. The Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit passed third reading in the Ontario legislature Oct. 2.

Sudbury’s Mansour family has donated $500,000 to the Vale Living with Lakes Centre to help foster the health and sustainability of freshwater systems.

The families of two women who were killed when a mall roof collapsed in Elliot Lake in June have launched a pair of lawsuits seeking $11.25 million in damages.

The Algoma Fall Festival, based in Sault Ste. Marie, has received $50,000 to help boost tourism in the region. The festival, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, is a celebration of the arts that takes place Oct. to Nov. 3.

Infrastructure Ontario has released a request for qualifications inviting interested buyers to submit their qualifications to purchase and operate Ontera , a full service telecommunications company and the first of the Ontario Northland Transportatio

Camping at 10 provincial parks – nine in Northern Ontario – will no longer be permitted due to low visitation, said the Ministry of Natural Resources .

Prophecy Platinum Corp . has hired consulting firm OmegaCapital Partners to provide public and investor relations services for the company.

Cambrian College has unveiled a $940,000 trades training circuit that will give industrial mechanical millwright students a hands-on learning experience.

The hiring process has begun to find faculty for Laurentian University ’s School of Architecture. Faculty are being sought for the charter class, expected to launch in September 2013.